Tag: gratitude
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Poem 5.18.22
I’m transforming again- this time I’m breathing through it. Breathing in. Breathing out. Praying out. Going in. I prayed to be broken, to keep my heart open. We’ll rub the scars with lotion;keep the soul, anchored mind, leave body go. Got lost in;Found my breathin us-ratea (اسرتي),Papa& um-me (امي). From kennels if remorse,water, son of…
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The Power | Generational Leadership
Were no strangers to change, disruption, and greatness. No my family is full of some of the grittiest, daring, and loving folks to walk on land in the Western Hemisphere. I myself owe my namesake, Azeem عظيم (meaning great in Arabic), to those before me and have been graciously bond to a life of greatness!…
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The Power | “Be an Athlete, Son!”
“Keep your head on a swivel,” probably the greatest lessons I learned playing “QB”, but not the only lesson I carry from my years of athletics and leadership. I am, what you would call, a super nerd. I prefer “blerd”. I’ve always known I was a super nerd, my pops showed me I could ball,…
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Revisiting the Gates: “been ignorant”
Background: In the fall of 2009 I finalized my Gates Millennium application, after years of preparation, writing and enlisting support for the task at hand I submitted 8 essays. These eight papers, were responses to prompts I no longer remember. Still after nearly 15 years, I’ve found myself turning back to the Gates, my essays,…
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Revisiting the Gates: “closest goal at hand,”
Background: In the fall of 2009 I finalized my Gates Millennium application, after years of preparation, writing and enlisting support for the task at hand I submitted 8 essays. These eight papers, were responses to prompts I no longer remember. Still after nearly 15 years, I’ve found myself turning back to the Gates, my essays,…
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Revisiting the Gates: Anything Man Made
Background: In the fall of 2009 I finalized my Gates Millennium application, after years of preparation, writing and enlisting support for the task at hand I submitted 8 essays. These eight papers, were responses to prompts I no longer remember. Still after nearly 15 years, I’ve found myself turning back to the Gates, my essays,…
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Revisiting the Gates: Works&Faith
Background: In the fall of 2009 I finalized my Gates Millennium application, after years of preparation, writing and enlisting support for the task at hand I submitted 8 essays. These eight papers, were responses to prompts I no longer remember. Still after nearly 15 years, I’ve found myself turning back to the Gates, my essays,…
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Poem 12.23.21 – Note to self
Note to self. Come back to that. What’s wrong?!?It’s the flawsIt’s all that, raw. It’s the claws attached,Not the open Paw. Note to self. Come back to that. What’s wrong?!?It’s the flawsIt’s all that, raw. It’s the claws attached,Not the openPaw. As I stare in your face Its clearly lies + Race. It’s on the…
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Poem 12.2.21 – Excuse Me…
Excuse me Miss,If you would honor me. Excuse me Miss,Before you dismiss,May I make one request. Excuse me Miss,Please,Excuse me, Miss. If you please honor me with one request. That if I can do one thing left—right. Again, if I can do one thing right, yeah that’s right, right— May I make laugh?If there’s one…
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What’s With the Bird?
Miriam’s Insta: @miriamjsutton – support they’re mutual aid artwork! by going to their insta! I received one of these a few years back. At the time, I was visiting home but felt like a tourist in my neighborhood. Since nothing sticks around in DC anymore beyond a few liquor stores and Starbucks I spent a…